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Support for the use of short films in meteorological education

Support for the use of short films in meteorological education Bulletin American Meteorological Society clou d top. Allowance is made for thickness of cloud, used . This equipment is used sometimes to raise the heigh t of cloud above the ground, wind speed, etc., in fo g sufficiently to allow the seeding aircraft to take off. settin g the rate of seeding and path separation on any As far as could be learned, no operational techniques particula r operation. hav e been developed for clearing warm fog. Th e ZHKU-2-TSAD ground equipment for clearing I t was interesting to learn that in recent years the fo g which was described earlier in this report was cost of airport seeding operations have been transferred demonstrated . The vertically pointed, impulse type, fro m the Hydrometeorological Services to the Airport liqui d C0 dispenser is mounted on a trailer and 2 Manager . As a result, the number of operational days towe d either u p and down the airport runways or along hav e decreased in recent years, because the airport neighborin g roads upwind of the airport. If the surface manage r only requests services when it is absolutely win d is greater than 2 m sec"1, two dispensing units are necessary . correspondence instruments, and Coriolis acceleration. We have found that Support for the use of short films even crude animation techniques are well suited to the il- in meteorological education lustration of these concepts. In Dr. Thompson's words, such Daniel L. Smith, The Florida State University, films, . . have a certain amount of aesthetic appeal un- like anything which has ever been drawn on a chalk board." Tallahassee, and Guenter Schwarz, CRICISAM, Neither the time nor the cost involved in the production of Tallahassee, Fla. such films have been found to be prohibitive, depending We would like to add our support to the comments of Dr. basically on the degree of "professionalism" desired in the Owen Thompson on the use of short films in meteorological animation. We are sure others must have realized, as we education (BULLETIN, 50, No. 9, 719-722). Short, silent films have, that the field of meteorology presents a limitless source produced by means such as time-lapse radar, cloud, or satel- of subjects for such films. We would, of course, be pleased lite photography, or single-concept, short, sound films pro- to offer to anyone interested further information concern- duced commercially have long been used by the Department ing the films we have so far produced. of Meteorology at The Florida State University. Such films Our experience has shown that in developing more ad- have been found to be very helpful in advanced as well as vance film techniques, such as filming originally in 16 mm introductory courses. and producing finally an 8-mm film loop, a single print does Like Dr. Thompson, we would like to see wider distribu- become rather expensive. Should others care to make use tion of information concerning such films. That is, What of such films, it would benefit all concerned if some means films are available, where, and for how much? During the existed whereby the existence of such films could be made past year this Department, in cooperation with CRICISAM known. The number of subsequent copies of a film reduces (Center for Research in College Instruction of Science and the individual cost, and, in addition, this might serve as a Mathematics), has produced several single-concept, Super means of eliminating redundancy among film makers. We wholeheartedly support all six of Dr. Thompson's proposi- 8-mm film loops for use in introductory meteorology courses. tions as a means whereby the American Meteorological So- These films have covered such topics as formation and pas- ciety can play a significant role in bringing this about. sage of an extratropical cyclone, tropical cyclones, weather http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society American Meteorological Society

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Bulletin American Meteorological Society clou d top. Allowance is made for thickness of cloud, used . This equipment is used sometimes to raise the heigh t of cloud above the ground, wind speed, etc., in fo g sufficiently to allow the seeding aircraft to take off. settin g the rate of seeding and path separation on any As far as could be learned, no operational techniques particula r operation. hav e been developed for clearing warm fog. Th e ZHKU-2-TSAD ground equipment for clearing I t was interesting to learn that in recent years the fo g which was described earlier in this report was cost of airport seeding operations have been transferred demonstrated . The vertically pointed, impulse type, fro m the Hydrometeorological Services to the Airport liqui d C0 dispenser is mounted on a trailer and 2 Manager . As a result, the number of operational days towe d either u p and down the airport runways or along hav e decreased in recent years, because the airport neighborin g roads upwind of the airport. If the surface manage r only requests services when it is absolutely win d is greater than 2 m sec"1, two dispensing units are necessary . correspondence instruments, and Coriolis acceleration. We have found that Support for the use of short films even crude animation techniques are well suited to the il- in meteorological education lustration of these concepts. In Dr. Thompson's words, such Daniel L. Smith, The Florida State University, films, . . have a certain amount of aesthetic appeal un- like anything which has ever been drawn on a chalk board." Tallahassee, and Guenter Schwarz, CRICISAM, Neither the time nor the cost involved in the production of Tallahassee, Fla. such films have been found to be prohibitive, depending We would like to add our support to the comments of Dr. basically on the degree of "professionalism" desired in the Owen Thompson on the use of short films in meteorological animation. We are sure others must have realized, as we education (BULLETIN, 50, No. 9, 719-722). Short, silent films have, that the field of meteorology presents a limitless source produced by means such as time-lapse radar, cloud, or satel- of subjects for such films. We would, of course, be pleased lite photography, or single-concept, short, sound films pro- to offer to anyone interested further information concern- duced commercially have long been used by the Department ing the films we have so far produced. of Meteorology at The Florida State University. Such films Our experience has shown that in developing more ad- have been found to be very helpful in advanced as well as vance film techniques, such as filming originally in 16 mm introductory courses. and producing finally an 8-mm film loop, a single print does Like Dr. Thompson, we would like to see wider distribu- become rather expensive. Should others care to make use tion of information concerning such films. That is, What of such films, it would benefit all concerned if some means films are available, where, and for how much? During the existed whereby the existence of such films could be made past year this Department, in cooperation with CRICISAM known. The number of subsequent copies of a film reduces (Center for Research in College Instruction of Science and the individual cost, and, in addition, this might serve as a Mathematics), has produced several single-concept, Super means of eliminating redundancy among film makers. We wholeheartedly support all six of Dr. Thompson's proposi- 8-mm film loops for use in introductory meteorology courses. tions as a means whereby the American Meteorological So- These films have covered such topics as formation and pas- ciety can play a significant role in bringing this about. sage of an extratropical cyclone, tropical cyclones, weather

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Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society – American Meteorological Society

Published: Dec 1, 1969

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